Thursday, May 31, 2012
Archives and Activism: Call for Papers (New York, October 12, 2012)
Archives and Activism: Call for Papers (New York, October 12, 2012)
“The rebellion of the archivist against his normal role is not, as so many scholars fear, the politicizing of a neutral craft, but the humanizing of an inevitably political craft."
-- Howard Zinn "Secrecy, Archives, and the Public Interest," Vol. II, No. 2 (1977) of Midwestern Archivist.
The boundaries between "archivist" and "activist" have become increasingly porous, rendering ready distinctions between archivists (traditionally restricted to the preservation of records, maintaining accountability, and making critical information available to the communities they serve) and activists (who, with greater frequency, look to archives or adopt elements of archival practice as a means of documenting their struggles) virtually unsustainable. In the past year, archivists and citizen activists collaborated to document the Occupy Wall Street movement, and archivists committed to open government worked with the New York City Council to advocate for keeping the Municipal Archives as an independent city agency. While the apparent convergence of archival and activist worlds may appear a timely and relevant topic, these distinct communities often deliberate their roles separately with little dialogue.
The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York and the New School Archives and Special Collections are sponsoring a symposium to bring together a diverse group of archivists, activists, students, and theorists with the aim of facilitating discussion of their respective concerns. Among its proposed topics, the symposium will address potential roles that archivists may engage in as activists, as well as how archivists can assume a greater role in documenting and contributing toward social and political change.
Possible areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Archivists documenting the work of activists and activist movements
-Activists confronting traditional archival practice
-Possible models for an emergent “activist archives”
-Methodologies for more comprehensively documenting activism
-Archivist and activist collaborations -Community-led archives and repositories operating outside of the archival establishment
-Archives as sites of knowledge (re)production and in(ter)vention -Relational paradigms for mapping the interplay of power, justice, and archives
-Critical pedagogy in the reference encounter
-Interrogating preconceptions and misunderstandings that obscure common goals
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Location: Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, The New School
All individual presentations will be 20 minutes long (10 page paper).
Submissions must include a title, name of author and institutional affiliation (if applicable), abstract (250 words max), and indication of technological requirements.
Individual papers or entire panel proposals accepted.
Deadline for Proposals: Proposals should be emailed to admin@nycarchivists.org by August 1, 2012.
Call for ALCTS program and preconference proposals for ALA Annual 2013
Call for ALCTS program and preconference proposals for
ALA Annual 2013
The ALCTS Program Committee invites proposals for ALCTS
programs and preconferences for ALA Annual 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The dates
of the 2013 Annual Conference are June 27-July 2.
If you're interested in planning a preconference or
program, please complete the appropriate web form (see below) and plan to visit
with the Program Committee during ALA Annual 2012 in Anaheim. Appointments with the committee usually take
about 15 minutes. The committee and ALCTS staff will help refine your ideas and
coordinate logistics. You don't need to
have all the details when you initially fill out the proposal form or visit the
committee to pitch your idea. And
although programs or preconferences often originate with ALCTS sections,
committees, or interest groups, they can also come from individuals or other
groups.
Beginning with Annual 2013, all program time slots are
either 60 or 90 minutes. All ALCTS
programs take place during Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, Sunday, or
Monday.
In-person preconferences (may be 1 day or 2 days) take
place in Chicago on the Thursday and/or Friday immediately prior to Annual
Conference.
Links to proposal forms:
--In-person preconference: http://alctsprogram.wufoo.com/forms/alcts-preconference-proposal/
More information about the planning process can be found
at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/mgrps/howto/plan/index.cfm
Please contact me or any other member of the ALCTS
Program Committee with questions.
Susan C. Wynne, co-chair of ALCTS Program Committee
(through ALA Annual 2012)
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
Georgia State University
100 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-413-2729
Call for Papers: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond
Call for Papers: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond
TITLE: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond (An Edited Collection)
EDITOR: Melissa Morrone is a librarian at Brooklyn Public Library and has been involved in Radical Reference as well as other social justice groups.
BOOK ABSTRACT: In librarianship today, we encourage voices from our field to join conversations in other disciplines as well as in the broader culture. People who work in libraries and are sympathetic to or directly involved in social justice struggles have long embodied this idea, as they make use of their skills in the service of those causes. Following in the tradition of works such as Activism in American Librarianship, 1962-1973; Revolting Librarians; and Revolting Librarians Redux, this title will be a look into the projects and pursuits of activist librarianship in the early 21st century.
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Essays should describe specific activities undertaken by the library worker and how the work was received by fellow activists and/or the constituents of the project. Such activities may include:
Essays should also include analysis of the ways in which these activities are in sync with but may also challenge the "core values" of librarianship.
OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK: This edited collection, to be published by Library Juice Press in June 2013 asks: How and to what end are people using their library skills in the service of wider social justice causes? What do these activities say about the future of library work, both inside and outside of traditional institutions?
TARGET AUDIENCES:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Please submit abstracts and proposals of up to 500 words to informed.agitation AT gmail by July 15, 2012. Notifications will be sent by September 1. A first draft from 1,500-7,000 words will be due by November 15, and final manuscripts will be due by January 15, 2013.
TITLE: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond (An Edited Collection)
EDITOR: Melissa Morrone is a librarian at Brooklyn Public Library and has been involved in Radical Reference as well as other social justice groups.
BOOK ABSTRACT: In librarianship today, we encourage voices from our field to join conversations in other disciplines as well as in the broader culture. People who work in libraries and are sympathetic to or directly involved in social justice struggles have long embodied this idea, as they make use of their skills in the service of those causes. Following in the tradition of works such as Activism in American Librarianship, 1962-1973; Revolting Librarians; and Revolting Librarians Redux, this title will be a look into the projects and pursuits of activist librarianship in the early 21st century.
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Essays should describe specific activities undertaken by the library worker and how the work was received by fellow activists and/or the constituents of the project. Such activities may include:
- Programming and collection development that gives voice to underrepresented communities and subjects.
- Conducting community-based reference or other information services outside of any institutional affiliation.
- Setting up libraries or archives in political organizations and contexts.
- Doing research on behalf of social justice campaigns.
- Training people in technology and content creation with the goal of community empowerment.
- Other creative ways of using library and information skills to support activist causes, both inside and outside of conventional library settings.
Essays should also include analysis of the ways in which these activities are in sync with but may also challenge the "core values" of librarianship.
OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK: This edited collection, to be published by Library Juice Press in June 2013 asks: How and to what end are people using their library skills in the service of wider social justice causes? What do these activities say about the future of library work, both inside and outside of traditional institutions?
TARGET AUDIENCES:
- People interested in going into librarianship who want an idea of nontraditional and activist areas in which librarians operate.
- Practicing library workers seeking inspiration for ways to combine their expertise with their political interests outside the library.
- Practicing library workers who want articulations of how their work fits into a broader context of power structures, politics, and social justice.
- Activists interested in collaborations with library workers and/or projects related to literature, information, education, and documentation in social movements.
- People in other fields who want to draw connections between their own work and social justice goals, and are looking for supportive literature.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Please submit abstracts and proposals of up to 500 words to informed.agitation AT gmail by July 15, 2012. Notifications will be sent by September 1. A first draft from 1,500-7,000 words will be due by November 15, and final manuscripts will be due by January 15, 2013.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Call for Panel Presentation Proposals: 2012 ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group at ALA Conference, Anaheim, CA
Call for Panel Presentation Proposals: 2012 ALCTS CRS Electronic
Resources Interest Group at ALA Conference, Anaheim, CA
The ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group invites proposals for its panel discussion at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The presentation will be held Saturday, June 23 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm in HYATT-Grand Ballroom B 21. Presentations should be about 20 minutes in length.
Topic: Electronic Resource Librarians can't work in a vacuum.
Collaboration with colleagues in our libraries, on our campuses, or within our consortia as well communication with subscription agents and vendors are an important part of an ERL's responsibilities. The discussion will center on the research and experience of electronic resources librarians as they work with other players on the electronic resources scene to foster effective relationships.
The presentations will be followed with a question and answer session, as well as an open forum for audience members to share experiences with the panel participants and each other.
Please send abstracts of presentations to ERIG chair, Liz Babbitt, liz.babbitt@state.ma.us by 5 pm (EST), Monday, June 4, 2012.
The election of a vice chair/chair elect for 2012-2014 will be held at the same meeting. Please contact Clara Ann Ruttenberg, crutten@umd.edu if you are interested in running for office.
Clara Ruttenberg
Electronic Resources Librarian
2200 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
crutten@umd.edu
Resources Interest Group at ALA Conference, Anaheim, CA
The ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group invites proposals for its panel discussion at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The presentation will be held Saturday, June 23 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm in HYATT-Grand Ballroom B 21. Presentations should be about 20 minutes in length.
Topic: Electronic Resource Librarians can't work in a vacuum.
Collaboration with colleagues in our libraries, on our campuses, or within our consortia as well communication with subscription agents and vendors are an important part of an ERL's responsibilities. The discussion will center on the research and experience of electronic resources librarians as they work with other players on the electronic resources scene to foster effective relationships.
The presentations will be followed with a question and answer session, as well as an open forum for audience members to share experiences with the panel participants and each other.
Please send abstracts of presentations to ERIG chair, Liz Babbitt, liz.babbitt@state.ma.us by 5 pm (EST), Monday, June 4, 2012.
The election of a vice chair/chair elect for 2012-2014 will be held at the same meeting. Please contact Clara Ann Ruttenberg, crutten@umd.edu if you are interested in running for office.
Clara Ruttenberg
Electronic Resources Librarian
2200 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
crutten@umd.edu
Friday, May 25, 2012
ALA call for panel presentation proposals ALCTS CE Electronic Resources Interest Group
ALA call for panel presentation proposals ALCTS CE
Electronic Resources Interest Group
Call for Panel
Presentation Proposals: 2012 ALCTS CE Electronic
Resources Interest Group at ALA Conference, Anaheim, CA
The ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group invites proposals for its panel discussion at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The presentation will be held Saturday, June 23 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm in HYATT-Grand Ballroom B 21. Presentations should be about 20 minutes in
length.
Topic: Electronic Resource Librarians can't work in a vacuum. Collaboration with colleagues in our libraries, on our campuses, or within our consortia as well communication with subscription agents and vendors are an important part of an ERL's responsibilities. The discussion will center on the research and experience of electronic resources librarians as they work with other players on the electronic resources scene to foster effective relationships.
The presentations will be followed with a question and answer session, as well as an open forum for audience members to share experiences with the panel participants and each other.
Please send abstracts of presentations to ERIG chair, Liz Babbitt, liz.babbitt@state.ma.us by 5 pm (EST), Monday, June 4, 2012.
The election of a vice chair/chair elect for 2012-2014 will be held at the same meeting. Please contact Clara Ann Ruttenberg, crutten@umd.edu if you are interested in running for office.
Resources Interest Group at ALA Conference, Anaheim, CA
The ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group invites proposals for its panel discussion at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The presentation will be held Saturday, June 23 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm in HYATT-Grand Ballroom B 21. Presentations should be about 20 minutes in
length.
Topic: Electronic Resource Librarians can't work in a vacuum. Collaboration with colleagues in our libraries, on our campuses, or within our consortia as well communication with subscription agents and vendors are an important part of an ERL's responsibilities. The discussion will center on the research and experience of electronic resources librarians as they work with other players on the electronic resources scene to foster effective relationships.
The presentations will be followed with a question and answer session, as well as an open forum for audience members to share experiences with the panel participants and each other.
Please send abstracts of presentations to ERIG chair, Liz Babbitt, liz.babbitt@state.ma.us by 5 pm (EST), Monday, June 4, 2012.
The election of a vice chair/chair elect for 2012-2014 will be held at the same meeting. Please contact Clara Ann Ruttenberg, crutten@umd.edu if you are interested in running for office.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Call for Papers – Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
Call for Papers – Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication
The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
(ISSN 2162-3309) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access publication for
original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the
strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online
publishing and scholarly communication initiatives. View the inaugural issue at
http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/
The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
provides a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies,
research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such
areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library
publishing/hosting services and authors’ rights advocacy efforts. As
technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles
of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices
that strengthen librarianship. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication provides a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication
librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data
managers and related professionals.
The journal welcomes original research and practitioner
experience papers, as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video,
datasets, code).
General topics of interest include:
Scholarly
communication
Open Access
Library as
publisher and library/press partnerships; including, but not limited to:
Emerging
modes and genres of publication
Organizational and business models
Policy issues;
including, but not limited to:
Publishing/deposit mandates
Impact of
governmental or institutional policy
Policy
development for library services
Digital
collection management
Institutional
and discipline-specific repositories
Digital
curation
Technological
developments and infrastructure
Intellectual
property
Resources,
skills, and training
Interdisciplinary or international perspectives on these issues
Contributions may be submitted to any of the following
categories:
Commentary
Research
Articles
Practice
Articles
Theory Articles
P2 (Post-Peer)
Review
Reviews of
Books and Products
(For full descriptions of these categories, see http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html)
Grey literature (e.g. conference papers, presentations,
white papers, etc.) may be revised and submitted for review and publication in
JLSC if all copyrights still reside with the submitting author(s). Submissions
that are substantially similar to material already available to the public (through
a peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed venue) will not be accepted, but may be
proposed as the focus of a P2 (Post-Peer) Review.
For more information about JLSC, please visit http://jlsc-pub.org/
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CONTACT:
Editors, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication
Isaac Gilman
Scholarly Communications & Research Services
Librarian
Pacific University
Voice: 503.352.7209
and
Marisa Ramirez
Digital Repository Librarian
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
CFP: Cases on Electronic Records and Resource Management Implementation in Diverse Environments (Book Chapters)
CFP: Cases on
Electronic Records and Resource Management Implementation in Diverse
Environments (Book Chapters)
CALL FOR CHAPTER
PROPOSALS
Proposal
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2012
Cases on
Electronic Records and Resource Management Implementation in Diverse
Environments
A book edited by
Dr. Janice M. Krueger (Clarion University of Pennsylvania)
To be published
by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/KGpEnL
Introduction
Ever
since the Internet inspired the creation of web-based, accessible materials,
libraries have engaged in the effective use of online systems to create and to
manage records and resources for their service population. Historically,
libraries have always used record representation to build catalog displays of
library materials and holdings. As more and more materials moved from
traditional mediums, such as print and analog formats, libraries found ways to
effectively manage expanding records and digital versions of journals, indexes,
films, and statistical data. Library systems became more integrated with
content and electronic resource management systems to control licenses, to
address additional record maintenance, and to streamline access to resources.
Other
organizations are now confronted with managing their records regardless of
format. Many have struggled with formulating policies for digitizing original
print formats and with finding an effective solution for housing digitized
records along with their born-digital documents. Individuals working in
business, education, government, law, medicine, and the sciences produce and
maintain numerous and varied documents that require effective organization for
storage and retrieval so their employer or organization remains competitive.
While the software tools may differ from those used in libraries, many of the
basic principles of organization, storage, and retrieval are the same.
Therefore, examples of effective implementation of resource and records
management systems across organizations and disciplines would benefit all
concerned.
Objective
of the Book
The
main goal of the publication is to bring together real-life examples of how
electronic records and resource management have been implemented across
disciplines. While records and resource management has been addressed in
relation to academic libraries, an across discipline approach has not been
evident. The manifestation of each implementation in libraries and in various
organizations, such as in business, education, government, law, and the
sciences can add to the body of literature on effective electronic records and
resource management principles and practices. System utilization and
effectiveness will point the way to joint efforts on standardization of
programs.
Target
Audience
The
target audience will be composed of professionals involved in the education of
library and information science (LIS) students and in the training of
individuals responsible for electronic records management in various
disciplines. The book will demonstrate effective real-life instances of
electronic records and resource management implementation in diverse settings.
It will highlight the current concerns and issues surrounding such
implementation and will show a variety of solutions for attaining similar
goals.
Recommended
topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Principles
and theory concerning electronic records and resource management
The
potential benefits and possible disadvantages of electronic records and
resource management
The
legal and ethical concerns of electronic records and resource management
The
advantages/disadvantages of proprietary and open source mediums for
implementing electronic records and resource management
Implementation
of electronic records and resource management in various organizations and
disciplines, including, but not limited to, libraries, business, education,
government, law, and the sciences
Application
of electronic records and resource management principles in the handling of
diverse materials, including, but not limited to, internal documents, data
sets, marketing information, curriculum materials, student records, interactive
materials, legal documents, court records, resource sharing, open access
repositories, digital collections, licensing and subscription information,
medical record management, hospital records, music storage and retrieval,
research data storage and retrieval, and electronic data exchange
Submission
Procedure
Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 15, 2012, a
2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or
her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by August
1, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.
Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 30, 2012. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This
book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.),
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science
Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated
to be released in 2013.
Important
Dates
July
15, 2012:
Proposal Submission Deadline
August
1, 2012:
Notification of Acceptance
November
30, 2012:
Full Chapter Submission
January
15, 2013:
Review Results Returned
February
15, 2013:
Final Chapter Submission
March
15, 2013:
Final Deadline
Inquiries and
submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail
to:
Dr. Janice M.
Krueger, Department of Library Science
209 Carlson, 840
Wood St., Clarion, PA 16214
Phone:
814-393-2202 * Fax: 814-393-2150 * E-mail: jkrueger@clarion.edu
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